Contact information

Hefei University of Technology 

Hefei, China

Email: kyuan@hfut.edu.cn

Journal Articles 

1. Yin, Z., Yuan, K.* and Zheng S. (2024) Optimization of traffic flow by allowing private cars to merge into the bus lane at specific locations, Journal of Advanced Transportation
2. Yuan, K.* and Knoop, V.L. (2023) Hysteresis and the Unobserved Congestion Branch in the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram: Theoretical Considerations and Modeling, Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 2023, Article ID 8797109, 15 pages.
3. Yuan, K., Cui Dandan and Long, Jiancheng (2023) Bus frequency optimization in a large-scale multi-modal transportation system: Integrating 3D-MFD and dynamic traffic assignment, Digital Transportation and Safety, 2:1−13 doi: 10.48130/DTS-2023-0020.
4. Guo, J.Q., Long, J.C., Xu, X.X., Yu, M. and Yuan, K. (2022) The vehicle routing problem of intercity ride-sharing between two cities. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 158:113-139.
5. Yuan, K.*, and Lo K.Hong (2021) Multi-class traffic flow dynamics: an endogenous model. Transportation Science, 55(2):456-474.
6. Yuan, K.*, Knoop, V.L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2019). Multi-class traffic flow on a partially space-shared road. Transportmetrica-B, 7(1):1505-1520.
7. Yuan, K.*, Laval, J., Knoop, V.L., Jiang, R., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2019). A Geometric Brownian motion car-following model: towards a better understanding of capacity drop. Transportmetrica-B, 7(1):915-927.
8. Yuan, K.*, Knoop, V.L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2017) A microscopic investigation into the capacity drop: impacts of longitudinal behavior on the queue discharge rate. Transportation Science, 51(3):852-862.
9. Yuan, K.*, Knoop, V.L., Leclercq, L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2017) Capacity drop: a comparison between stop-and-go wave and standing queue at lane-drop bottleneck. Transportmetrica-B. 5(2):145-158.
10. Yuan, K.*, Knoop, V. L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2016). A kinematic wave model in Lagrangian coordinates incorporating capacity drop: application to homogeneous road stretches and discontinuities. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics & Its Applications, 465:472-485.
11. Yuan, K.*, Knoop, V.L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2015). Capacity drop: relation between the speed in congestion and the queue discharge rate. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2491(2491): 72-80. (Poster here).
12. 袁凯,关伟*. 城市快速路交通流车头时距分布特性分析 [J]. 交通运输系统工程与信息, 2011, 11(6):68-73. (in Chinese. English translation: Time-headway Distribution Features on Urban Freeway).

   * indicates the corresponding author.

 

Peer reviewed book contributions

1. Yuan, K.*, Knoop, V.L., Van Lint, J.W.C. (2020) Departure rates optimization and perimeter control: comparison and cooperation in a multi-region urban network. Proceedings of Traffic and Granular Flow 2019, pp: 597-603. Editors: Iker Zuriguel, Angel Garcimartin, Raul Cruz.

Peer Reviewed Conference Contributions

1. Yuan, K. (2023) Nature of urban traffic delays: understanding and modeling urban congestion dynamics and its determinants Modeling. TFTC summer meeting 2023, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 
2. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L. and Van Lint, J.W.C. (2020) Matching the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram with Demand Profiles: From a Perspective of Departure Time Choice Behavior. The 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. (See poster here)
3. Yuan, K. and Hong K.L. (2017) Multi-lane multi-class traffic flow dynamics. The 22nd international conference of Hong Kong society for transportation studies, Hong Kong.
4. Wang, S.L., Yuan, K. and Hong, K.L. (2017) Modeling freeway travel time distribution considering moving bottlenecks: an analytical approach. The 22nd international conference of Hong Kong society for transportation studies, Hong Kong.
5. Yuan, K., Laval, J., Knoop, V.L., Jiang, R., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2017) A Geometric Brownian motion car-following model: towards a better understanding of capacity drop. The 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
6. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2016) A Microscopic Investigation into the Capacity Drop: Impacts of Bounded Accelerations and Reaction time. The 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
7. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2016) Optimal dynamic green time for distributed signal control, 2016 IEEE 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Rio de Janeiro, 2016, pp. 447-451. doi: 10.1109/ITSC.2016.7795593.
8. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L., Schreiter T. and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2015) A Hybrid Kinematic Wave Model Incorporating Capacity Drops. 2015 IEEE 18th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems - (ITSC 2015), Spain.
9. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L. and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2015) Capacity Drop: A Relation Between The Speed In Congestion And The Queue Discharge Rate. The 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
10. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L., Leclercq, L., and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2015) Capacity Drop: A Comparison between Stop-And-Go Wave and Standing Queue at Lane-Drop Bottleneck. The Traffic Flow Theory Summer Meeting, Portland, U.S.A.
11. Yuan, K., Knoop, V.L. and Hoogendoorn, S.P. (2014) Optimal Dynamic Green Time For Distributed Signal Control. The Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, Leeds, United Kingdom.
12. Lin, L., Yuan, K. and Ren, S. (2014) Analysis of urban freeway traffic flow characteristics based on frequent pattern tree. 2014 IEEE 17th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems - (ITSC 2015), China.